How often do you cry?

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:18

I read somewhere that women cry about 5 times a month and men about once a month. I can't honestly believe that it happens this often.

So, how often do you cry, and what are the things that have set you off?

mathertron · 01/12/10 - 22:21

Probably about 3 days a week

Am set off by pretty much anything, I'm emotionally retarded.

darkmoth · 01/12/10 - 22:24

Probably about once every couple of weeks. Usually because I've watched something sad on tv, that afterwards I have to slap myself and remind myself that it's fiction

Radiomaniac · 01/12/10 - 22:26

Almost every time I listen to my favourite music or watch my favourite bands, so at least 5 times a month.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:26

Only if someone hits me in the knackers, or if I stub my toe on the bathroom door.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:27

Much more often than five times a month.

Let me think, when did I last cry? This morning when I watched Any Human Heart on 4od and Logan was screaming out at the end.

I'm pretty sure I've had at least a couple of frustrated wee cries and one sentimentally emotional cry between the Harry Potter release night and now. HP release night, I cried from when Dobby appeared to when he...he... *sniffs* So that's about one cry every other day. I don't sob hardcore that often although still kind of a lot. But water falls from my eyes due to emotion, about every other day.

I'm basically a ****ing fountain, for such a happy bunny.

rehab_101 · 01/12/10 - 22:29

Unless movie related (and i hardly watch movies) maybe once or twice a year....

This year i have cried alot, for me anyway....maybe 6/7 or 8 times.....

5 times a month though?!? Im slightly concerned i have no heart.....

November_Rain · 01/12/10 - 22:32

Not that often, but I feel like crying on a regular basis.

cnbcwatcher · 01/12/10 - 22:53

Not that often, mostly if I watch a sad movie or someone says something to me that upsets me.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:54

At least once a week most times. It only takes the slightest sign of emotion on TV and I am off like a baby.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:56

mathertron wrote: »

Probably about 3 days a week

Am set off by pretty much anything, I'm emotionally retarded.

Aww.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:58

A couple of times a month usually.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 22:58

goonst wrote: »

Much more often than five times a month.

Let me think, when did I last cry? This morning when I watched Any Human Heart on 4od and Logan was screaming out at the end.

I'm pretty sure I've had at least a couple of frustrated wee cries and one sentimentally emotional cry between the Harry Potter release night and now. HP release night, I cried from when Dobby appeared to when he...he... *sniffs* So that's about one cry every other day. I don't sob hardcore that often although still kind of a lot. But water falls from my eyes due to emotion, about every other day.

I'm basically a ****ing fountain, for such a happy bunny.

Oh yeah, I didn't properly cry over Dobby, but my eyes did leak... just a little bit.
I think Gladiator's the worst film for that though. Must have seen it over a hundred times and still sob unrestrainedly over the ending. Can't watch it with anyone else for that reason. Would be a bit too awkward.

mathertron · 01/12/10 - 22:58

S'ok a nice cry helps sometimes. I just feel silly if I'm in public view when I have a teary moment

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:01

only cry when going through big emotional events in my life. i've been blubbing quite a bit over the last couple of weeks because of a broken heart. i'm male btw

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:02

helen292 wrote: »

Oh yeah, I didn't properly cry over Dobby, but my eyes did leak... just a little bit.
I think Gladiator's the worst film for that though. Must have seen it over a hundred times and still sob unrestrainedly over the ending. Can't watch it with anyone else for that reason. Would be a bit too awkward.

I was doing gaspy sobs, but I was in good company with nearly the entire rest of the cinema. My mate next to me was sniffing theatrically but I looked under her fringe and her eyes weren't even wet, let alone teary. That's too cynical even for her.

I don't mind how teary I am really. I know that my overall mental state is the good end of average, I'm just a cry-y kind of person.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:07

I generally ony cry over big things, death of family members, funerals etc. Sometimes I've been a bit tearful when I've been in a stressful situation like moving house but, and I don't mean to offend anyone, I just don't understand people who cry at the drop of a hat. I'm inclined to think it's more about them than what they are supposedly sad about.:o

Smithy1204 · 01/12/10 - 23:11

At the moment a lot more than 5x a month! Maybe 5x a week?

Other times maybe 5x a month is about average!

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:22

daily at the moment

sodavlac · 01/12/10 - 23:23

About once or twice a year for an emotional moment where a tear or two will form. It's been about 10 years since I had a proper, full-on cry. Always assumed I was sensitive for a bloke for crying that often and am surprised at the once a month number.

jabegy · 01/12/10 - 23:33

Hardly ever at all these days.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:38

Hardly ever. Now and again something will tug at me but being a chap I usually suck it up and get on with things. Not very progressive I know but still......

tenofspades · 01/12/10 - 23:39

I probably fulfill my quota

Victoria Sponge · 01/12/10 - 23:41

I only tend to cry when I get hit round the head/face, which is about two or three times a year.

RussellIan · 01/12/10 - 23:44

I don't, and I don't know why, it's not as if I never get bad news or experience shitty/stressful times. I can 'well up' in response to sufficient emotional stimulus (eg a particular film scene or song etc), and maybe even have a Sinead O'Connor moment or two, but the floodgates don't actually open.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/10 - 23:44

I avoid sad films because I know I'll cry. But I can also turn on the waterworks at happy moments too

Having lost my mum a few years back I do find I cry more than I used to, though often it's just for a few moments, not gut wrenching sobs.

But I can't watch Dumbo or Bambi, and Jessie's song in Toy Story 2 gets me every time

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